Quotes About Faith

As Christians we are not here for our own purpose at all—we are here for the purpose of God, and the two are not the same.

Discipleship is based not on devotion to abstract ideals, but on devotion to a person, the Lord Jesus Christ;

Prayer does not equip us for greater works—prayer is the greater work.

warning which needs to be repeated is that "the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches," and the lust for other things, will choke out the life of God in us (Matthew 13:22).

We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success; but He does not. If our Lord has ever constrained you, and you obeyed Him, what was your dream of His purpose? Never put your dream of success as God's purpose for you; His purpose may be exactly the opposite.

If we only give up something to God because we want more back, there is nothing of the Holy Spirit in our abandonment; it is miserable commercial self-interest.

To do even the most humbling tasks to the glory of God takes the Almighty God Incarnate working in us." Oswald Chambers

Satan takes occasion of the frailty of the bodily temple and says, 'Now you know you cannot do that; you are so infirm, you cannot concentrate your mind,' etc. Never allow bodily infirmities to hinder you obeying the commands of Jesus.

When someone thinks that to develop a holy life he must always be alone with God, he is no longer of any use to others.

Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God's presence, never in full view of the world.

When Jesus drives something home to you through His Word, don't try to evade it. If you do, you will become a religious impostor. Examine the things you tend simply to shrug your shoulders about, and where you have refused to be obedient, and you will know why you are not growing spiritually. As Jesus said, Ã¢â'¬Å"First . . . go . . . ." Even at the risk of being thought of as fanatical, you must obey what God tells you.

The test of mountain-top experiences, of mysticism, of visions of God and of solitariness is when you are "in the soup" of actual circumstances.

The sense of mystery must always be, for mystery means being guided by obedience to Someone Who knows more than I do.

Beware of any work for God which enables you to evade concentration on Him. A great many Christian workers worship their work.

Never let a hurried lifestyle disturb the relationship of abiding in Him.

There are times when you cannot understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings the blank space, see that you do not fill it in, but wait. The blank space may come in order to teach you what sanctification means; or it may come after sanctification to teach you what service means. Never run before God's guidance. If there is the slightest doubt, then He is not guiding. Whenever there is doubt—don't.

Build your hope on Him. No matter how many things seem to be pressing in on you, be determined to push them aside and look to Him. "Look to Me. . .

If you are faced with the question of whether or not to surrender, make a determination to go on through the crisis, surrendering all that you have and all that you are to Him. And God will then equip you to do all that He requires of you.

At least once a week examine yourself before God to see if your life is measuring up to the standard He has for you.

The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.

Never sympathize with the thing that is stabbing God all the time. God has to hurt the thing that must go.

In our abandonment we give ourselves over to God just as God gave Himself for us, without any calculations. The consequences of abandonment never enter into our outlook because our life is taken up in Him.

by the effectiveness of redemption, not by impressive speech, nor by wooing and persuading, but only by the sheer unaided power of God.

Yet Jesus never measured His life by how or where He was of the greatest use. God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.